| Date/Time: |
Saturday, February 20th, 6:00 am - 10:00 am
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| Location: |
Gaviota Coast
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| Weather: |
Slightly hazy and overcast, otherwise great, wind coming up by noon.
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| Conditions: |
Perfect sheet glass. Degraded to fair by noon.
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| Swell: |
Slow-fading WNW groundswell, 7-9 ft at 14 s from 300 deg.
Southern hemi slowly dropping, not evident.
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| Surf: |
Inconsistent, 1- to 2-wave sets, overhead on the biggest of them,
otherwise waist to shoulder high on the outside sets and flat
in between.
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| Comments: |
Steep late takeoffs followed by a fast, fairly hollow
but pinching series section that was makeable about 50/50.
Made lots of late spin-and-go drops with just a hint of
rail set in the water on the way down, got one excellent
long ride with room for open-face turns and floaters. Otherwise
spent time running for daylight and worrying about hitting rocks.
A ton of waves, just me and a friend at dawn, more out when
we left but still had shared our own peak with some sea lions and
harbor seals for the duration.
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